FIFTH SESSION. 
INVITATION AND PROGRAM 
-FOR A- 
SANITARY CONVENTION 
TUESDAY, DEC. 4, AT 7:30 P. M. 
1. Prevention of Communicable Diseases.-By William 
H. Young, M. D„ of Nashville. 
2. Discussion.-Led by John Avery, M. D., President 
of the State Board of Health, of Greenville. 
3. Duties of the Local Health Officer.-By D. E. Fuller, 
M. D., Health Officer, of Hastings. 
4. Discussion.-Led by Henry B. Baker, M. D., Secre- 
tary of the State Board of Health, of Lansing. 
To be held under the auspices of the 
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, 
IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MICH., 
LOCAL COMMITTEE. 
Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 3 & 4,1888. 
Hon. Daniel Striker, Chairman. 
Hon. Jas. L. Wilkins, Mayor of the City. 
Dr. D. E. Fuller, City Physician. 
W. L. Wilkins. 
Dr. A. P. Drake. 
C. W. Warner, City Recorder, Sec'y of Committee. 
OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION: 
President, - Hon. D. R. Cook. 
vice presidents: 
Hon. Clement Smith, Hastings. 
William H. Young, M. D., Nashville. 
S. C. Rich, M. D., Middleville. 
Eugene Davenport, Woodland. 
Norman Latham, Baltimore. 
H. F. Peckham, M. D., Freeport. 
A. C. Towne, Milo. 
Prof. J. W. Roberts, Hastings. 
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
John Bessmer, Dr. William H. Snyder. M. L. Cook. 
COMMITTEE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH: 
Henry B. Baker, M. D., Lansing. 
Secretary, - - - A. E. Kenaston, Hastings. 
Please preserve this Program for use at the Sessions of 
the Convention. 
All Sessions will be held, in the Court 
House and on Standard. Time. PROGRAM. 
THIRD SESSION. 
TUESDAY, DEC. 4, AT 10 A. M. 
FIRST SESSION. 
1. Prayer.-By Rev. D. B. Oviatt. 
2. Plats of Localities in Hastings.-By Irving L. Cressy, 
of Hastings. 
3. The Water-supply of Hastings.-By F. R. Timmer- 
man, M. D., of Hastings. 
4. Discussion.-Led by Prof. V. C. Vaughan, M. D., of 
Ann Arbor, and W. C. Kelley, of Hastings. 
5. Disposal of Excreta and Waste in Hastings, by Sew- 
erage and Otherwise.-By A. P. Drake, M. D., of Hastings. 
6. Discussion.-Led by Wm. H. Snyder, M. D., of Hast- 
ings, and J. H. Kellogg, M. D., of Battle Creek. 
7. Sanitary Ceilings and Walls.-By M. B. Church, of 
Grand Rapids. 
MONDAY, DEC. 3, AT 2:30 P. M. 
1. Convention called to order by the President. 
2. Prayer.-By Rev. William M. Puffer. 
3. A Brief Statement of Objects of Convention.-By 
Hon. John Avery, M. D., President of the State Board of 
Health, Greenville. 
4. Address by the President of the Convention, Hon. 
D. R. Cook. 
5. Degenerations of Age.-By Prof. Henry F. Lyster, 
M. D., Member of the State Board of Health, of Detroit. 
6. Prevention of Diseases of the Eye and Ear.-By 
G. W. Lowry, M. D., of Hastings. 
7. Discussion.-Led by J. H. Kellogg. M. D., Member of 
the State Board of Health, of Battle Creek. 
FOURTH SESSION. 
SECOND SESSION. 
TUESDAY, DEC. 4, AT 2 P. M. 
1. Food and its Adulterations.-By J. C. Lampman, 
M. D., of Hastings. 
2. Discussion.-Led by H. A. Barber, M. D., of Hast- 
ings, and Arthur Hazlewood, M. D., Member of the State 
Board of Health, of Grand Rapids. 
3. Ventilation and Heating.-By J. H. Kellogg, M. D., 
Member of the State Board of Health, of Battle Creek. 
4. Discussion. 
5. School Hygiene.-By Prof. J. W. Roberts, of Hast- 
ings. 
6. Discussion. 
1. The Duty of the State in Investigating the Cause 
and Preventing the Spread of Disease.-Address by Prof. 
Victor C. Vaughan, M. D., Ph. D., Member of the State 
Board of Health, of Ann Arbor. 
2. The Germ Army: How it may be Routed.-By A. 
Arnold Clark, Lansing. 
3. Discussion.-Led by Prof. V. C. Vaughan. 
MONDAY, DEC. 3, AT 7:30 P. M.